Wagon.



No. 875,433. PATENTBD DEC. 31, 1907..

W. HUBBARD.

WAGON.

APPLIOATION FILED 0012s. 1906.

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WILLIAM HUBBARD, OF DULWICH HILL, NEAR SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES,AUSTRALIA.

WAGON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1907.

Application filed October 8, 1906- Serial No. 337,954.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM HUBBARD, a subject of the King of GreatBritain and Ireland, of I/Voodland street, Dulwich Hill,

near Sydney, in the State of New South Vales, in the Commonwealth ofAustralia, have invented certain new and useful Im provements inI/Vagons to Facilitate the Handling of Large Cases Containing Plate-Glass or the Like; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention refers to improvements in wagons for carrying large casessuch as plate glass cases and other cumbersome goods, the object of theinvention being to provide a wagon onto which large cases may be easilyloaded and then carried with safety. But in order that the invention maybe clearly understood reference will now be made to the accompanyingsheet of drawings in which 1- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing theWagon loaded with two cases. Fig. 2 an end view. Fig. 3 an enlargedperspective view of the strap support. Fig. 4 a similar view of thefastening attachment.

The wagon consists of two lorry bodies with draft wheels 5 connectedtogether by means of chains 6. The shafts 7 of the leading lorry haveback extensions 8 so as to maintain them in a raised position' The draftwheels 5 of the back lorry are of a larger diameter and have a crankshaped axle 9 upon which are mounted springs 10 supporting a dividedplatform 11. Upon the platform 12 of the leading trolley and theplatforms 11 of the back lorry rest two longitudinal beams 13 so thatwhen the bodies are thus jointed together a complete vehicle is formedfitted to carry large crates or cases on edge. The space between thebeams 13 is regulated to the requirement of the cases 14 by fasteningdevices hereinafter called beam-holders, consisting of an an gle ironbase 15 having at one end a vertical turn-up 16. To the base 15 ishinged a flap 17 having midway a set screw 18 and jointed to thevertical turn-up 16 by a bolt 19 and split pin 20, see Fig. 4. The base15 has a slot 21 on its vertical side which is serrated and hastightening bolts or thumb screws 22 see Fig. 4] The beams 13 have ironstraps or brackets 23 hooked upon them in such a manner that thebrackets on one of the beams will correspond with those upon the otherand form pairs. These pairs have at their bottom ends adjustable bolts24 passing therethrough so as to form rests for the cases 14, see Fig.3. Upon the platform 11 are recesses for the diagonal stays 25 hinged tostruts 26, said struts resting upon the axle 9. The cases 14 having beenplaced in position on the bolts 24 the struts 26 are placed in positionand the beams 13 are then drawn into close contact therewith and thethumb screws or nuts 22 in the slots 21 of the beam holders are thentightened. The chain 27 which passes round the back of the cases 14 isalso tightened.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is An improved wagonto facilitate the handling of large cases consisting of a pair of lorrybodies and draft wheels connected together by a pair of longitudinalbeams, said beams being adapted to move laterally to receive betweenthem, cases of different dimensions and to be held in such desiredposition; a series of straps or brackets suspended from the said beams,each pair of which is connected at the bottom by a cross bolt, saidbolts formin the rests for the case or cases to be carried substantiallyas described and illustrated in the drawings.

In testimony whereof he affixes his signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM HUBBARD.

WVitnesses WALKER SIGMOND, WILLIAM NEWTON.

